Clothes-line reel.



S. SETTLES.

CLOTHES LINE REEL. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.19,1908.

91 9,388. Patented Apr. .27, 1909.

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SIMON SETTLES, OF LA DUE. MlSSOURl, ASSlGNOR OF ONIC IH IRI) 'lO CYRUSM. .lilCAFl'lY. ()I" CLOTHE S-LIN'E REEL.

Application filed March 19, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

10 to which it appertains to make and. use the same, reference being hadto the accomp anying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes lineholders and stretchers, and comprises various details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully 2described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inis a vertical section through thecasing online2. of Fig. 3, showing the ratchet wheel and means forholding the reel from rotating in one direction. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken on line 3-3 3 of Fig. 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a casing having a shaft B journaled in the opposite endsthereof and upon said shaft is a 5 reel C to which a clothes line D isfastened and about which it is wound. Said casing is provided with aslot A through which the line asses, said slot being protected by asuita le hood E. An anti-friction roller F is mounted preferably alongthe marginal edge of said slot and over which the line passes as shown.A suitable ratchet wheel G is fixed to the shaft B at one end of thereel, and H designates a gravity pawl mounted on a pivot pin H and isadapted to engage the teeth of said ratchet wheel to prevent the latterand the reel from rotating in one direction. A button I is mounted atone end of the casing, passing through a slot therein, and is adapted toengage said pawl I whereby, as the button is pushed upon, the pawl maybe lifted out of engagement with i the ratchet teeth, after which thereel may 1 rotate in either direction. livotally connected upon saidshaft B are the bracket arms K which are fastened together in anysuitable manner, as by bolts and nuts, and one end of one of saidbracket arms is formed into a hook K, forming means whereby the same maybe attached to any support. One end of said shaft is formed into a crankN whereby the reel may be rotated for winding up the line. Pivotallymounted upon said shaft are the arms 0, one at either end of the reel,and O designates a weight which is fastened to corresponding ends of thearms 0 and to the opposite ends of the arms 0 is fastened a receptacle Rfor holding clothes pins or other clothes fastening de vices. Saidreceptacle R, which is open at its top, is made on the arc of a circleto conform to the circumference of the casing about which it moves, andS designates a housing about a portion of said casing, said housingbeing formed upon the arc of a cylinder and open on its end for thereception of said pin receptacle whereby, when the casing containing thereel is suspended and not in use, the weight will hold the receptacle inwhich the clothes fastening pins or fasteners are extended wholly withinthe housing S, but when the line is drawn taut, and the reel casingassumes the position. shown in Fig. l, the receptacle containing thepins or clothes fasteners will be in position outside the housing. Saidhousing S has the bracket arms K fastened thereto and is slightly widerthan the length of the casing A and has its inner marginal edges open,as shown. clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the arms 0 securedto the receptaele R may swing freely into said housing.

1 From the foregoing, it will be noted that, by the provision of theapparatus shown and described, a simple and efficient apparatus 1 isafforded whereby a clothes line may be held taut and the reel upon whichit winds protected from the elements and also in the provision of areceptacle for holding clothes fastening devices, which receptacle isautomatically thrown into a housing when in use tacle for the fasteningdevices is opened by the Weighted member, making the receptacle ofconvenient access.

What I claim to be new is in combination with a cylindrical easing, areel shaft journaled. in the ends of said casing', bars mounted uponsaid shaft, a counoer-balance Weight fixed to said bars, a T9- iceptacle to which said bars are fastened, a

, housin a bracket member secured thereto 1) and, when the line 1s drawntaut, the T6061 and pivotally mounted upon the ends of the reel shaft,said houslng being open at one end forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses. in SIMON SETTLES. \Vitncsses:

I. D. SETTLEs, FLORENCE MADDOX.

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